Jef Rouner
Jef Rouner is an award-winning freelance journalist, the author of The Rook Circle, and a member of The Black Math Experiment. He lives in Houston where he spends most of his time investigating corruption and strange happenings. Jef has written for Houston Press, Free Press Houston, and Houston Chronicle.
The Price Of School Vouchers: $1 Billion And Climbing
Despite assertions from Texas Republicans that Governor Greg Abbot’s proposed school voucher program, called an Education Savings Account, would not harm Texas public schools,...
School Choice Bill Offers Rural Districts $10,000/Student Bribe
A new version of Senate Bill 8, also known as the Parental Bill of Rights, was unveiled during the Texas Senate Education Committee hearing...
Texas Librarians Increasingly Targeted by Police Investigations Over Book Challenges
As the far-right culture war against books and students heats up, librarians are increasingly finding themselves targeted by state authorities over books conservatives find...
New Bill Would Bar Counties From Suing Businesses That Harm Communities
State Rep. Cody Harris (R-Palestine) has filed a bill in the Texas House that would bar counties from suing corporations that harm their communities....
The Most Important Questions Around The State Takeover Of HISD
With the state poised to take over management of the Houston Independent School District, the eighth largest in the country, there is speculation about...
Dennis Bonnen, Former School Voucher Opponent, Sells Out to Goldwater Institute
Dennis Bonnen, former Speaker of the Texas House and fierce opponent of the far-right push for school vouchers, has joined the Goldwater Institute, sources...
Nationwide Parents Rights Bill Mirrors Texas Republican Anti-Public School Push
The newly-conservative U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill this week they’re calling a “Parents Bill of Rights” that mirrors pushes in Texas and...
Voucher Push Taking On Overtly Religious Tones
Governor Greg Abbott’s push for a school voucher system (which he calls an Education Savings Account) has been blasted by critics for being a...
Texas Women Suing State For Right To Life-Saving Abortions
Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year and paved the way for Texas to all but ban abortion, the...
Texans Meet At State Capitol To Push Medicaid Expansion
Texas remains one of the 11 states that have refused to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act. On Friday, a group of...
